The mission of the Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute (FDPRI) is to conduct and disseminate research that informs policymakers, educators, philanthropists, and the general public on how to best improve educational opportunities and outcomes of African Americans and other underrepresented minorities across the P-16 pipeline.

We should try to present the needs of black youth in the private black colleges, not as a matter of only local or restricted concern, but as something Americans of goodwill would take to heart.